Featuring an introduction by Flora Fraser.

The series was adapted by Deborah Moggach from Nancy Mitford's novels The Pursuit of Love (1945) and Love in a Cold Climate (1949), and was directed by Tom Hooper. A sparkling romantic comedy that vividly evokes the lost glamour of aristocratic. When an elderly duke begins pursuing the disgraced Polly and a callow potential heir curries favor with her parents, nothing goes as expected, but in the end all find happiness in their own unconventional ways. Love in a Cold Climate is a British serial drama miniseries produced by the BBC in association with WGBH Boston, and first broadcast in two parts on BBC One on 4 and 11 February 2001. Read Love in a Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford available from Rakuten Kobo. The apparently aloof and indifferent Polly has a long-held secret, however, one that leads to the shattering of her mother's dreams and her own disinheritance. Having just come from India, where her father served as Viceroy, she claims to have hoped that society in a colder climate would be less obsessed with love affairs. But Polly, with her stunning good looks and impeccable connections, is bored by the monotony of her glittering debut season in London. Polly Hampton has long been groomed for the perfect marriage by her mother, the fearsome and ambitious Lady Montdore. Love in a Cold Climate is a companion volume to The Pursuit of Love. The title is a phrase from George Orwells novel Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1936). A sparkling romantic comedy that vividly evokes the lost glamour of aristocratic life in England between the wars. Love in a Cold Climate is a novel by Nancy Mitford, first published in 1949.

Love in a cold climate